Isn't the "geosynchronous" height for the moon is exactly the distance from Earth to Moon?
Rearrange your frames of reference and seems pretty obvious. "One half of the moon always faces us" is just another way of saying that the earth is a "geosynchronous satellite" to the moon.
I agree with the first bit but not the second; stupid people can and do succeed at a wide variety of careers, including upper management!
I'd make a terrible corporate VP.
But I think most people around here (/.ers in the tech industry) understand that theprincipal difference between a good manager and a PHB, is in understanding not only your own job, but the jobs of the people below you. The best managers understand the technology -and- the people.
He probably doesn't know his way around the firmware binaries by heart, no.
But he certainly knows enough to understand any engineering problem that his employees might explain to him. His advisors don't have to explain the inner workings of the iPod to him using car analogies.
I certainly don't blame older folks for not understanding computers, and I won't think any less of them as auto mechanics/greengrocers/mountain climbers if they don't.
But my point is that running the government of one of the most important tech-producing countries in the world is -not- a 'computer skills optional' job anymore.
There are critical, market-changing questions in tech policy, and it's no coincidence that we get those questions wrong more often when policymakers get their understandings of these things exclusively from, well, lobbyists.
I expect car company managers to know some of the technicals about cars, and I expect Prez and VP candidates to understand the ongoing transformation of industry and society that they're hoping to preside over.
No, the technical details are not an everyday part of their job. But That doesn't mean that a deficiency of understanding won't lead to bad decisions.
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If they did, I'm charging them to read it.
<shatner>"For, the, love, of, God, man, use, a, comma!"</shatner>
Poppycock. Trolls never abuse multiple accounts.
The buddy system would bring a tyranny of the majority to slashdot.
Agreed! The letter mentioned that trolls work alone, but...
Imagine the discord if suddenly all Slashdotters were required to have a friend!
If you're defending Apple's hardware reliability by comparing it to Dell's...
"We're in bad shape, fellas."
Leopard... Hell...
Tomayto tomahto.
For the love of God, man, use a comma!
A US court ruling on "newsworthiness"?
Lol.
It might be because they don't have maps. At least we're still doing better than The Iraq.
"come up with something that will take my beer pee and filter it"
Actually, if you forgo the filter and just bottle the pee, the result is virtually indistinguishable from American lager...
With the private system, you get the added luxury of watching poor people go without treatment, so you don't have to wait in line behind them.
When was the last time Congress refactored their codebase?
When did we the people last do so, come to think of it? Maybe our laws would make sense if they weren't such spaghetti code.
Best re-formulation of the facts I've heard all day.
Isn't the "geosynchronous" height for the moon is exactly the distance from Earth to Moon?
Rearrange your frames of reference and seems pretty obvious. "One half of the moon always faces us" is just another way of saying that the earth is a "geosynchronous satellite" to the moon.
Better than bipedal scientists and mad cows, which is all we seem to have in my hometown.
I learned on Mythbusters the other day that the albedo of moon dust is ~0.08!
Hey Anon! I knew you'd show up here, bloop bloop!
You're choice really.
Why, you're right? I am choice!
I agree with the first bit but not the second; stupid people can and do succeed at a wide variety of careers, including upper management!
I'd make a terrible corporate VP.
But I think most people around here (/.ers in the tech industry) understand that theprincipal difference between a good manager and a PHB, is in understanding not only your own job, but the jobs of the people below you. The best managers understand the technology -and- the people.
He probably doesn't know his way around the firmware binaries by heart, no.
But he certainly knows enough to understand any engineering problem that his employees might explain to him. His advisors don't have to explain the inner workings of the iPod to him using car analogies.
I certainly don't blame older folks for not understanding computers, and I won't think any less of them as auto mechanics/greengrocers/mountain climbers if they don't.
But my point is that running the government of one of the most important tech-producing countries in the world is -not- a 'computer skills optional' job anymore.
There are critical, market-changing questions in tech policy, and it's no coincidence that we get those questions wrong more often when policymakers get their understandings of these things exclusively from, well, lobbyists.
True. Maybe a better car analogy would be the... onboard... computer?
I expect car company managers to know some of the technicals about cars, and I expect Prez and VP candidates to understand the ongoing transformation of industry and society that they're hoping to preside over.
No, the technical details are not an everyday part of their job. But That doesn't mean that a deficiency of understanding won't lead to bad decisions.
I'll match your bet that that VP turns out to be stupid.
No, it's more like saying that a lady who is vying for the vice presidency of BMW is stupid because she can't fix your carburetor.